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Tip of the Week: Essential Information Technology Practices
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Information technology is a critical tool for many businesses today, which means \\it is crucial that your IT is compliant to a few key best practices. Let's go over these practices so that you have a roadmap to ensure that your operations can remain secure and productive.
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Windows 7 Has Nearly Ticked Its Last Tock
It won't be long before Microsoft retires two of its most popular operating systems - but hopefully, you already knew that. Microsoft has made a point of reminding Windows 7 users that they need to upgrade before January 14 - and yet, many users haven't done so.
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Why Your Technology Needs Upkeep, Updates, and Upgrades
There is no question that today's business operations require technology, but even that doesn't tell the whole story. Not only do businesses need technology, they need to maintain this technology as well. Below, we'll review the three basic steps to technology maintenance… and how we can help simplify these steps for you.
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Warning Signs that Your Computer Needs Replacing
Are the computers in your office beginning to show their age? Do you even know how old they are? For the sake of your productivity, it may be time to replace them for a newer model. We'll go over some warning signs that your computers may be nearing their retirement age.
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The Time Has Come for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
Software solutions don't last forever. While patches and security updates can stave off the inevitable for quite some time, it's impossible to maintain a specific solution forever. Support is eventually cut off, and businesses are left exposed if they haven't taken the time to prepare. In the case of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2, you are running out of time.
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Save the Date: Microsoft Products End of Life
There are one of two reactions every person gets when they get a save-the-date card in the mail. They either are excited for an event or they realize that the event is going to cost them money. For today's blog, we give you our version of save the date as some of the most widely used Microsoft products in recent memory are coming up on their end of support date, and for some businesses, this save-the-date might be bad news.
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Security Concerns Have Led To New Voting Machines In Virginia
Regardless of your feelings on the matter, the 2016 United States presidential election was an extremely divisive one--in no small part, due to the suspicion that the outcome of the election may have been significantly influenced by hacked voting machines. This uncertainty has led to some states making strides to ensure that their technology will no longer be responsible for such doubts.
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Tip of the Week: How to Know When Your Technology Needs to Be Replaced
Your business takes advantage of several different types of technology every day, but there comes a time when your tech needs to either be upgraded or replaced with better tools. This is part of the natural order of things; no technology solution can (or should) last forever, but if you don't catch issues before they become major problems, you could be putting your data at the risk of hardware failure, software hiccups, or even hacking attacks.
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Windows 10 On Pace to Be the Most Popular OS By 2017
With Windows 10 making leaps and bounds in the business environment, Microsoft has created another commercial success for both consumer use and workplace productivity. In recent weeks, Windows 10's adoption has slowed significantly, but in a few years it's expected to surpass other Windows operating systems in terms of usability.
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Think Strategically When Upgrading Your Workstations
With technology growing faster than most businesses can keep up with, organizations have to continuously upgrade their solutions in order to maintain a semblance of modernity. The only issue with this is that many businesses can't keep up, simply because they don't have a team that's dedicated to this important task. What technology upgrades should be made a top priority, and why?
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Microsoft Salutes the US Navy for Sticking with Windows XP
Have you already arranged for your upgrade to Windows 10 on July 29th? If so, good for you. You've made a decision that, last year, several Windows XP users went without. However, those who went without upgrading to a more recent operating system are now feeling the effects of having to purchase custom support from Microsoft following Windows XP's expiration; including the United States Navy.
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Tip of the Week: 3 Options to Consider Before Trashing Your Old Technology
It's often the case that people excitedly upgrade to new technology without giving much thought about what to do with their old tech. In an upgrade situation like this, you've got a few options for dealing with your old technology that are good for the environment, socially responsible, and may even provide you with some cash.
Wouldn't it Be Nice if Microsoft OS Upgrades Were Free?
Operating systems aren't designed to last forever. This is why new versions are released every few years or so. In the case of Microsoft, selling their latest OS has always been their bread and butter. However, with Windows 10 on the horizon, one has to wonder if Microsoft has considered offering their new OS to users as a free upgrade?
It's Bizarro World at Microsoft as Use of XP Grows and Windows 8 Declines!
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Windows XP is a product that has consistently performed well for Microsoft and it continues to see growth, even though it's not supposed to. With its support ending this past April, Windows XP was supposed to never be heard from again. Instead, XP is refusing to go quietly into the night by posting positive usage numbers for June 2014.
Windows Operating System Upgrade
Microsoft Pushes Back Windows 8.1 Update Deadline
Microsoft stated weeks ago that they would no longer support Windows 8.1, unless the operating system was updated to Windows 8.1 Update by May 13th. But one day before the deadline, Microsoft announced they have pushed the deadline back substantially. This update is crucial if you desire to continue receiving patches and updates from the company. Which you should!
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You Better Upgrade Windows 8.1...or Else!
Well, that didn't take long. Eight months ago Microsoft released Windows 8.1 and now they're sounding the alarm that users better comply and install the latest updates or lose security support from Microsoft. What makes this news peculiar is that it took 12 years for Microsoft to reach the same verdict with its popular Windows XP operating system. What gives, Microsoft?
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Signs Your Technology Might Be Older Than You
When we think of technology in terms of age, we often look at how long the machine has lasted for. Some machines from the mid-90's are still running, which makes them almost twenty years old. In terms of human life, that's not a very long time, but if you look at it in terms of quality working conditions, you'll find that these computers are kind of like dogs and cats. They may only be several years old, but in terms of actual age, their lifespan makes them much older than you realize.
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Over a Quarter of World's PCs Run Windows XP!
In the business world, it's common knowledge that Microsoft is ending support for its popular operating system Windows XP on April 8. However, with recent data showing that 29% of the world's computers are still running Windows XP, it appears that the rest of the world is slow to act upon Microsoft's expiration date.
Windows Upgrade Security
Don't Put Your Business at Risk: Update Your Software!
Sometimes, when complex systems are put into place, the simplest and most fundamental tasks seem to be neglected. Updating your business' software should not be avoided. Software updates help secure your network and provide your company with an extra competitive edge. Don't risk your company's strengths by neglecting your software updates!
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90% of Large Businesses Have Successfully Upgraded from Windows XP
We hope that this isn't the first time you've heard about Microsoft ending support for their popular Windows XP OS on April 8, 2014. Microsoft has been warning users of this "death date" for years, yet we still come across businesses and consumers that are just now getting the memo. You may have to help get the message out!
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KATHMANDU: Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Top Bahadur Rayamajhi has said the government would not step down before any alternative prepared.
Rather, he accused the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML of taking the country a hostage of indecision.
Minister Rayamajhi claimed that the government would bring complete budget.
On the occasion, Nepali Congress central member Dr Ram Sharan Mahat demanded the government to immediately step down for the formation of all-party government.
Vice-Chairperson of the CPN-UML Bidya Devi Bhandari said her party would propose leader KP Oli for the next prime minister. There was no alternative to forge national consensus at the time the constituent assembly has already been dissolved.


Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) enjoyed its best quarter in the company's history when the Canadian marijuana producer reported its third-quarter results in February. Revenue soared 256% -- not from the prior-year period but from the previous quarter. Canopy even posted a nice profit, although this achievement was only made possible by a big decline in the fair value of its senior convertible notes in Q3.
Conventional wisdom is that Canopy's upcoming quarter should be even better. The company will have a full quarter of adult-use recreational marijuana sales, compared to roughly 2 1/2 months of adult-use sales in Q3. Canopy also introduced its softgel capsules at the end of the last quarter. It makes sense that higher sales for the popular products would be on the way.
But hold the presses. One investment firm just slashed its revenue estimates for Canopy Growth. Here's why -- and what it could mean for Canopy and other Canadian marijuana stocks.
Scotiabank now expects Canopy Growth will report Q4 revenue of 87 million in Canadian dollars, 26% less than its previous revenue estimate. If this new prediction proves to be accurate, it would mean that Canopy's sales will increase by less than 5% from the second quarter.
For many companies, quarter-over-quarter revenue growth of close to 5% would be something to celebrate. But not for Canadian marijuana producers. Nearly everyone expected some hiccups in the first quarter of adult-use recreational sales. However, many also anticipated that sales in 2019 would really begin to pick up momentum.
Why such pessimism? Scotiabank's Oliver Rowe and Ben Isaacson wrote to investors that the Canadian cannabis industry is experiencing "teething pains." They pointed to data showing lower overall adult-use recreational marijuana sales in January 2019 than in December 2018.
Scotiabank's lower revenue estimate was only for Canopy Growth, but the reasoning behind the cut extends to other marijuana producers. Rowe and Isaacson think that Canopy Growth's revenue will be weakened in the quarter ending March 31, 2019, in part because there have been fewer retail cannabis store openings than anticipated, the availability of adult-use recreational cannabis products remains limited, and medical cannabis demand is flat, at best.
All of these factors affect Canopy Growth's top rivals, including Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB), Aphria (NYSE: APHA), Cronos Group (NASDAQ: CRON), and Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY). The headwinds arguably impact these companies even more than they do Canopy.
Canopy Growth commanded the largest market share last quarter. The company has stronger supply agreements in place throughout Canada than any of its peers. Only Aurora is in the same league as Canopy in terms of production capacity. If Canopy Growth gets a cold, most of its rivals will get the flu.
Remember also that Cronos Group and Tilray posted results for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2018 that disappointed investors, to some extent. Canopy Growth and Aurora Cannabis were, by far, the biggest winners in the initial quarter of adult-use recreational marijuana sales. And the primary differentiator was the two companies' higher production capacity.
Aphria has already announced results for its quarter ending Feb. 28, 2019. Those results were much lower than expected. However, the reasons behind Aphria's dismal performance shouldn't affect other marijuana producers.
Should investors throw in the towel on Canopy Growth and other marijuana stocks? Of course not. It's possible that Scotiabank's outlook could prove to be overly pessimistic. More importantly, there's a bigger picture than just one quarter or even just one market.
Despite Aphria's disappointing quarterly results announced on Monday, interim CEO Irwin Simon said the company still thinks that sales of $500 million Canadian dollars in 2019 and CA$1 billion in 2020 are attainable. Constellation Brands CEO Bill Newlands stated on CNBC last week that its partner, Canopy Growth, could rack up more than $1 billion in sales by the end of its next fiscal year.
There are several reasons behind this optimism. The Canadian market for cannabis edibles and beverages is expected to launch later in 2019. Medical cannabis markets across the world are expanding rapidly.
Scotiabank is probably right that the Canadian adult-use recreational market is experiencing some "teething pains." But teething pains in babies are only temporary. That's likely to be the case for any headwinds for Canopy Growth and other marijuana producers with their upcoming quarterly results.


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Howard Van Doren Shaw The Cultural Landscape Basis
Published November 18, 202212:39 pm
UpdatedNovember 19, 20224:58 pm
Posted by deepika on November 18, 2022. Updated: November 19, 20224:58 pm
This is illustrated in the Nine Square Problem (c. 1954), a linear grid involved with such concepts as frame, submit, centre, periphery, extension and compression, which was developed as a pedagogical tool for first-year college students. He studied on the Handelsschool (1927–31) and at the Kunstnijverheidsschool (1931–4), each in Amsterdam. During World War II he created Surreal assemblages and abstract drawings, and his work was proven for the primary time in 1946 within the Jonge schilders exhibition within the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. In August 1948 he joined the Dutch Experimentele Groep, which later turned part of Cobra.
He studied architecture at the Institut d'Architecture de Tournai in Belgium (1978–83) and on the Istituto Universitario di Architettura in Venice (1983–6). Alÿs moved to Mexico in 1987 and his artwork apply initially focused on Mexico City as a laboratory of urban residing, typically documented in the type of evocative, conceptually layered pictures, sculptures, and movies. In the slide series Ambulantes (1992–2002), Alÿs photographed avenue distributors and employees as they passed by carting a wide variety of products inside a ten-block vicinity of his studio. For his project entitled The Liar, The Copy of the Liar Alÿs created small photographs of suited males inspired by the business sign painters of Mexico City, and subsequently commissioned from them bigger versions in their own types. Hovering between the banal and the surreal, these works have an uncanny theme, of people observed in situations that defy clarification…. THIRTY YEARS LATER,online platforms similar to Facebook have largely commandeered AT&T's role in controlling the channels via which far-flung family and friends communicate with each other.
However, digital collaboration won't ever replace bodily collaboration, however it's going to complement it. Some of those publicly traded entities are small businesses; others are bigger. They respond to different podcasting hasn hit years market cues and participate in several economic cycles. Some could possibly be defined as "value" corporations; others are favored by traders who search out development.
Instead, the asset-management firm that runs the fund votes, by proxy, on behalf of the traders. For those concerned that the decade-long super-easy financial coverage has created asset bubbles around the world, the primary signs of hassle could additionally be within the making for inflated markets. To Bank of America strategists including Michael Hartnett, a bubble is "simultaneously popping" in assets together with cryptocurrencies, palladium, long-duration technology shares, and different historically risky areas of the market.
Arnett is a previous president of the Colorado Association of Lawn Care professionals board of administrators as well as Qualified Supervisor. This thought process developed into workshops by which Mr. Halprin gathered purchasers, designers, community spokesmen, artists, dancers and others to find how spaces may generate completely different emotions. He was additionally at residence in nature, whose glories he emphasized somewhat than obscured. His Sea Ranch, a development for 1,500 homes on a 5,000-acre stretch of coast in Sonoma County, Calif., preserved natural contours, views and open areas. "He virtually single-handedly reclaimed the city because the purview of the panorama architect," said Charles Birnbaum, founder and president of the Cultural Landscape Foundation.
Hejduk started teaching architecture in 1954, and in 1964 he joined Cooper Union, turning into Dean of the School of Architecture there in 1975. He additionally labored in varied architectural places of work in New York, together with that of I. From 1954 to 1963 he labored in a purposefully dry, reductive fashion strongly influenced by Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and De Stijl.
Lawrence Halprin in the middle of his Presidio landscape creation, lagoon, fountain and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge, on April 12, 2005. They make me proud to be their colleague; they do right by the American public daily. I am grateful to call them teammates and sit up for continue collaborating with them in 2022. The course of is deliberately versatile; it's about getting proposals right, primarily based upon the financial analysis and our authorized authorities, and studying from public suggestions. By 1963, the development of communications systems after World War II had made it simpler for broker-dealers to transact instantly. One of the primary issues Bob and his team had been looking at was this over-the-counter market.
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Fiji customs enforce strict quarantine regulations and x-ray all in-bound luggage at Nadi airport. Most perishable foodstuffs will be confiscated on arrival, unless arriving from a country with... The decision on visa applications is made by the Fiji Department of Immigration; all Visa applications received at the High Commission are sent to Fiji for processing. Normal processing times for correctly completed visa applications is generally a minimum of 10 working days from receipt. The Fiji High Commission issues visas upon the sole approval from the Fiji Department of Immigration.
Fiji is a collection of volcanic islands spanning 1,600 kilometers in the South Pacific Ocean. The country is viewed as a far-off and exotic getaway, and rightly so. There are two main islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, and nearly 900 smaller islands and inlets. If you're looking for privacy... Fiji, an archipelago of 333 gorgeous islands, sits amidst the shimmering South Pacific Ocean. Pristine white beaches, azure waters, luxurious resorts and spas, sun-kissed private islands, and adventure-loaded activities make Fiji a perfect holiday destination.
In 1870 a direct request by a planter to the Government of India was also turned down and in 1872, an official request by the Cakobau Government was informed that British rule in Fiji was a pre-condition for Indian emigration to Fiji.... Etymology. Fiji's main island is known as Viti Levu and it is from this that the name "Fiji" is derived, though the common English pronunciation is based on that of their island neighbours in Tonga.
Reach Fiji by flying into Nadi International Airport on Viti Levu's western coast. Get around by public transportation, taxi or rental car and travel between islands by air and sea. Come for the wildlife, scenery, local culture, history and relaxation.
The Fijian language spoken in Fiji is a type of Austronesian langauge and is part of the Malayo-Polynesian family. The Austronesian languages are normally found among islands in continental and Southeast Asia along with islands in the Pacific.
Visa requirements for Fijian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Fiji. As of 9 October 2018, Fijian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 90 countries and territories, ranking the Fijian passport 56th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.


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Roti Ware Has Been Spectacular
Roti Ware in action last season against Co-Lin. (Photo Cred | East Central Men's Basketball)
Mississippi JUCOs are usually known for producing bigs and wings. That hasn't changed as Rotarius "Roti" Ware is one of the most dynamic guards around. He was a qualifier out of Morton High School in Morton, Mississippi but didn't get exactly what he was hoping for and signed with East Central. As a frosh, Ware led the Warriors in scoring with 16.8 points per game. Yet, he was still overlooked by division-I programs.
A year later, Ware is the third leading scorer in the country averaging 27.8 points in the first four games of the season. He's shooting slightly under 54% from three and 96.7% from the charity line. His skill set allows him to make tough shots off the dribble while his IQ allows him to read screens really well. We can credit Coach Robert Thompson's offense as well as it benefits Ware and his game. One and two dribble pull-ups are his best friends and he does a good job of being fundamentally sound when catching the ball in triple threat position. He started the season off rather slow only scoring 13 points on the road at Bishop St but he followed with performances of 23, 32 and most recently 43.
Right now, Ware still doesn't have any offers but there are numerous schools flirting such as Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Florida Gulf Coast, Louisiana-Monroe, North Texas, Sam Houston St and Texas St to name a few. It's intriguing to see that no one has offered Ware yet after the production he has had as well as him academic status and good character. Look for that to change here soon as four years hit and miss on guys in the early signing period.


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Iran Assails West, Israel At Talks On Nuclear Treaty
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali Hosseini spoke of a "discriminatory and double-standard approach."
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- Iran has sharply criticized the United States, Britain, and France for "continuous nuclear cooperation" with Israel, saying support for the Jewish state was a source of concern for the entire Middle East.
Speaking at the start of a two-week meeting of the 189 signatories of the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali Hosseini also said the endorsement of a U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal by the world's top producers of atomic technology violated the pact.
"Continuous nuclear cooperation of the United States, U.K., and France with the Zionist regime is a total disregard with the obligations under the treaty...and a source of real concern for the international community, especially the parties to the treaty in the Middle East," Hosseini said.
Israel, India, and Pakistan have never signed the treaty. Israel neither confirms nor denies the existence of what arms control experts believe to be its sizable nuclear arsenal, while India and Pakistan are confirmed nuclear powers.
Without naming India, Hosseini lashed out at the "horizontal proliferation of nuclear weapons through providing nuclear equipment, material, and technology to nonparties of the NPT in violation" of its articles.
He said the India deal "severely damaged the NPT," and that the failure of the big nuclear powers to disarm has "accelerated the nuclear arms race."
He repeated Tehran's dismissal of Western suspicions about Iran's nuclear program, saying it was entirely peaceful.
Western diplomats said Iran's aggressive speech was part of a stepped-up effort to draw attention away from its nuclear program by pointing its finger at the United States and its allies.
U.S.-India Deal Criticized
Hosseini voiced support for a speech given earlier by Cuba's UN Ambassador Abelardo Moreno on behalf of nonaligned developing countries, an alliance that includes Iran.
Moreno, also without naming India, criticized the endorsement of the U.S.-India nuclear deal by the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, an informal club of the world's top producers of nuclear-related technology.
The group agreed in September to lift a ban on nuclear trade with India, imposed after its first nuclear test in 1974 and for its refusal to join the nonproliferation treaty.
Moreno said there should be a total ban on nuclear trade with any state outside the treaty, while developing nations should have greater access to atomic technology.
Hosseini spoke of a "discriminatory and double-standard approach" that developing states face in acquiring technology.
Delegates at the meeting hope to agree on an agenda and action plan for a possible overhaul of the treaty at a major conference next year. Recent meetings have struggled to bridge the divide between developing and rich nations.
Egyptian envoy Maged Abdelaziz told delegates that Israel's nuclear program and refusal to clearly accept the creation of a separate Palestinian state constitute "the main obstacle to achieving regional peace and security" in the Middle East.
Since it is not a party to the treaty, Israel did not speak.
Moreno, however, praised as "a welcome gesture" recent statements by the United States and Russia that they are ready to discuss reducing their nuclear arsenals.
Hosseini also referred to that, saying previous U.S. pledges had been ignored. "It is essential that the words be translated into actions and implementation in a transparent, verifiable and irreversible manner," he said.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the Russian-U.S. dialogue and urged Iran and North Korea to return to stalled talks on their respective nuclear programs. North Korea withdrew from the Non-Proliferation Treaty 2003 and tested a nuclear device in 2006.
Under the treaty, the United States, Britain, France, Russia, and China were allowed to keep nuclear weapons though they were obliged to engage in negotiations aimed at scrapping them. Developing states say they have ignored their duty to disarm.


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Transitioning someone from an aware state is our goal as CPV marketers in this pre-buy phase and it can really be a lot simpler than you might think. The most common way to go about it is something called a "Run Of Network" campaign. A "Run Of Network" or RON campaign is typically a strategy reserved for big brand advertisers, but don't get discouraged just yet. Typically, a large, occasionally loosely categorized, but overall broad set of targets is selected based on the overall pool of traffic. That is, any marketer running a RON campaign on that network will generally receive a slice or portion of all the incoming, or in some cases, remnant traffic. RON campaigns are a great way for big budget advertisers to extend their brand, but typically it's not approached with a strategy to transition those surfers into the "aware" state and conversions can be quite low in many cases.
Question: So what's the difference between an Unaware surfer and one who's been transitioned to the aware state?
Answer: A 100X greater chance of conversion.
Question: What's the advantage of early targeting surfers early in the buy cycle in the context of CPV marketing?
Answer:	Most CPV marketers have either never tried or tried and given up on early buy cycle targets and the competition is often non-existent. With the right strategies and testing, we can isolate some very low hanging easy to pick fruit targeting early buy-cycle domains and keywords.
Targeting in this early stage in the context of CPV can be done in a number of ways, but let's go over a few ideas right now. To begin with, one large group of targets we can completely ignore for the moment are "buy" domains and "buy" keywords. As we move further into the buy cycle "buy" keywords will be the only types of targets we want, but for right now we're not using them, so don't worry if you have no clue what I'm talking about. We're looking for surfers, people not looking to buy, not looking for more information. We want to interrupt their experience and ultimately convert them. We want people with no particular problem to solve right now. Why? Because they're cheap targets, but we do have to work a bit to convert them.
Facebook Research Method: Sit down at your computer and visit a few of your favorite portals, trend indexes and social bookmarks with totally open mind and no "information agenda". Jot down about 20-30 of the most popular items you see. Don't be influenced by what you know, don't know or are familiar with, just follow the exercise. Once you have a good list log-in to Facebook. If you don't have an account now would be a good time to get one and I'll tell you why.
Facebook is one of the best early buy-cycle research tools out there and most people have no idea how powerful it can be for this type of research. Although things are changing all the time, social networking applications like Facebook and Myspace are currently still used primarily for communicating, networking and sharing information, much more so than outright buying. Although the Facebook marketplace is gaining some traction in the "information query" space, the fact is, right now it's still primarily a social network. Need further proof? Log-in to your Facebook account and create a new paid advertisement, then scroll straight down to the "Likes and interests" field. Start typing in a few standard "buy" keywords. You'll find a few "shopping" terms here and there, but that's about it. The real truth is that Facebook has no need for you to include "buy" words in your profile or queries, even with the development of its marketplace and other selling modules. Buy words aren't always necessary to sell as we'll see shortly.
So how do people make money from Facebook advertising? Well, first of all, a lot of the ads you see on Facebook are used for branding. This should make perfect sense now and branding is really a great match for the traffic. We're mainly concerned with conversions though right? Yes, and that's why we let Facebook do what it does best. Facebook users may not be entering "buy" keywords, queries or even general interest searches for things like fan or community pages during their session. They may just be looking at pictures or chatting and we can't count on them doing anything else. For all intents and purposes, we, as marketers, should assume that most Facebook users are "unaware" (not in buy mode) during their session. The beauty is that these users are tethered to keywords that they're genuinely interested in. From a marketer's perspective that's done smart keyword targeting, the Facebook user is actually made "aware" when she sees that ad. Awareness is what we're after because it's a step closer to a conversion. Don't get confused by what I mean there. They are not aware because the ad did its job (we haven't gotten there yet). No, I'm referring to the fact that the surfer was not actively looking for information, but was still served a relevant ad, simply put, Facebook did its job. As simple and common as that is, it's still very important. Facebook transitioned the user from unaware to an aware state, making an association between the ad and the user based on data provided previously provided by the user, not an active query by the user for information. This is key.
Which ads do you keep seeing?
How are the ads converting temporarily aware, but non-buy mode users?
What's keywords or interests are triggering the good ads?
What associations are being made with the subject of interest "Many who like Jersey Shore like this"
How is the ad engaging the surfer?
Once you've analyzed your findings you should be able to come up with some great campaign ideas, but before I share some of my implementation ideas with you, let's make sure we're 100% clear on what we just learned from doing this research.
We've learned that un-aware surfers can be transitioned into an aware state by making associations with subjects of their interest.
We've learned how to discover good ads that are converting people who are not in "buy mode" because they've been transitioned from unaware to an aware state.
We've learned how those ads are engaging the user and ultimately converting her.
Sean and I have already given you 2 really good examples of transitioning surfers into an aware state and converting them. Sean's IQ method and my fan club method both do this and do it well. You can find good examples all over the Google content network also.
A highly polarized fan club, like a presidential fan club could work on some very broad targets that have nothing to do with politics. Chances are, surfers in an unaware state, prefer one candidate over the other right? The downside to this approach is that we could be losing a large percentage of potential fan club members. Take this ad -"Join The Obama Fan Club" running over the target CNN.com. Wouldn't a poll have a better shot in this scenario? Sure would, that's why CNN runs them! A poll is a great way to funnel and segment a large user base into the categories where they belong. This approach will increase your chance of relevancy and conversion. This might be a better approach to the same campaign - "Do You Like Bush or Obama?". We've now created a "lateral" form of awareness, based on a pretty good assumption that most people have a presidential candidate preference. You could then channel each user to the appropriate fan club or offer.
Big traffic portals like CNN.com can be tricky though. They require that you either have a large budget, have time to monitor campaigns and they also require lot's of testing. Still, there are a number of ways to run that presidential campaign successfully. Let's look at a different example. We've discussed how platforms like Facebook do some of the legwork for us by automatically transitioning surfers into an aware state through interest associations. Let's look at a few ways this is/was (some of these types of campaigns may now violate the Facebook advertising TOS) done well on Facebook .
Age triggers and associations: We all have our birthday, real or fake, associated with our Facebook accounts and smart marketers have taken advantage of that fact to create all sorts of associations. From teeth whitening services to zip submits, marketers have taken advantage of this trigger in a number of successful ways. "Age 37? Save On Teeth Whitening". Remember, these people are not in buy-mode.
Geo-Targeting triggers and associations: Facebook is a great place to take advantage of location targeting. We all have to live somewhere, so like age, this is a blanket trigger for transitioning a user into an aware state. From real estate, to coupons, to local schools, it's commonly done based on location triggers. Remember, these people are not in buy-mode.
In conjunction with releasing this research method material, we will also be providing you with yet another angle to capitalize on unaware buyers. This one is very exciting and has been asked for many times: Health and Beauty Offers and Aware Targeting With CPV. Now that you understand the mindset and how to find these people, head on over there for a specific implementation of converting these users into $$$$!
There are a number of ways to approach early or pre-buy stage marketing. We can go just for branding or we can go broad with polarized subjects or ones that apply to large segments of the population. Our other alternative is to move a tick beyond marketing to the unaware and place our ads on targets where users are made "aware" through associations with brands and subject matter. CPV is one of my favorite traffic sources because there are thousands of ways to creatively market to web surfers. You now have the first part of a great foundation to help you think of new ways yourself.
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I had to read it twice to get it, i get like that when i get excited... my eyes start jumping... but i get it now and "THE FACEBOOK" can be really helpful! My only gripe is that i live in South Africa and most likely have to use a proxy to get some decent ads... S.African Ads arent well targetted as US UK etc... Any suggestions?
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This is really great stuff guys. Thanks for sharing, keep it coming!
As an affiliate marketer I am aware of buying cycles as far as keyword selection goes but this is a whole new ball game. Facebook here we come.
Awesome, I've been looking at the other threads as well, I've gotta give this one a try.


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Bernadette Peters returns to OC, Archy & Mehitabel in LA
by Jordan Young | Sep 23, 2022 | Uncategorized |
Very few people could entice me to listen to an evening of Broadway show tunes. Not my drug of choice. But Bernadette Peters is one of the chosen few. She could sing selected passages from the Yellow Pages, the Racing Form, or the glossary of a textbook on abnormalities of the pituitary gland, and I'd be all ears—as I will when the three-time Tony Award winner graces the stage of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa (scfta.org) on Sept. 29.
The native New Yorker, who got her start in show biz on a TV show at three and a half, made her Broadway debut at 19 and won her first Drama Desk award at 20. Her recent TV appearances include "Mozart in the Jungle" (Amazon Prime), "The Good Fight," and "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist." Peters can also be seen in Lin-Manuel Miranda's "tick, tick…BOOM!" and the documentary "Broadway: The Next Generation," now filming.
No doubt Peters will sing songs at Segerstrom penned by Stephen Sondheim, with whose work she's become widely identified. Gershwin, Berlin, and Rodgers & Hammerstein tunes are among those she's likely to offer from her repertoire as well. She may also include a selection from "Hello, Dolly!,"which she performed on Broadway in 2018. But it doesn't really matter. It's nice to have her back where she belongs, exercising her vocal cords in front of a live audience.
A cockroach with a human soul? A sexy alley cat who was Cleopatra in a former life? Where could you possibly meet such characters? In the works of newsman Don Marquis, where I first encountered them many long years ago to my delight. And in "The Secret World of Archy & Mehitabel," in its world premiere at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks (whitefiretheatre.com), Saturday evenings through Oct. 15.
The Whitefire, where good things have been happening for decades off the radar of mainstream So Cal theatregoers, may be best known as ground central for solo performance; indeed, it survived the pandemic by streaming one-person shows. This unobtrusive little storefront on Ventura Blvd. proves there's worthwhile live entertainment happening off the beaten path if you're willing to go and look for it.
The newspaper reporter (Bill Chott) who introduces us to this strange world tells us how Archy, a poet in a past life (Dan Gilvezan), talks him into leaving a blank sheet of paper in his Remington typewriter every evening when he leaves the office. This sets the stage for Mehitabel (Carole Hennesy), who has a "what the hell" attitude" about life but assures us she's "a lady in spite of it all" and other oddball characters of their acquaintance (all played by Kelly Stables and Richard Horvitz), including a philosophical toad.
Though the reporter is determined not to "take any self-improvement tips from a cockroach," he's happy to share Archy's world view with us—including a subtle ecological message at the finale. It's the perfect note to end the show on. The cast does an outstanding job of bringing Gilvezan's clever adaptation of Marquis' creation to life, under Moose Drier's direction. The imaginative costumes are uncredited; Dan West's soundtrack (played live on the piano) provides flawless accompaniment.
Photo: Dan Gilvezan and Carolyn Hennesy at the Whitefire.
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Is there a reason why there isn't a download button in each of the sound-preview boxes? I've been wondering for years about this. It would be quite useful to me, and I don't see any reason why having it there would be a bad idea since you can see the license there as well.


If you wish to get successful within the majors, you must begin swinging a 3rd of a second after the ball leaves the pitcher's hand.
Dr. Peter Fadde turned this quiz into an app that trains hitters via repetitions of "video occlusion." His firm, gameSense, is seeing a correlation between gamers who apply pitch recognition contained in the app and elevated on-base proportion (OBP).
"It's the identical drill and apply technique that folks use to study math information or vocabulary phrases however you're utilizing it for a really skilled talent that folks by no means thought was trainable," Fadde advised SportTechie.
Proper now, the software program is only for baseball and softball, however Fadde sees purposes for tennis gamers returning serves, goalkeepers stopping penalty kicks, and even regulation enforcement dealing with use-of-pressure conditions.
For his shoppers, Fadde recommends working towards inside the app solely about 10 minutes per day. And don't overthink it, both – maintain it easy on the sector.
In contrast to STRIVR, which has develop into a extensively used coaching device throughout sports, gameSense is fairly low-tech: no headset, no immersion, no interactive fashions. The video clip Fadde offered us wasn't even in HD.
Fadde emphasised that digital actuality and 360 video may be efficient within the acquisition of a bodily talent, however that his course of, typically referred to as "micro-studying," is simply as efficient for enhancing a talent already developed – on this case, swinging a bat.
His knowledge: You want to have the ability to work on what you see with out engaged on what you do on the similar time.


The Teatro de La Abadía is endowed with two all-purpose venues.
The venue Juan de la Cruz (former church of La Sagrada Familia) is endowed with a distinctive floor with two naves which converge towards the stage, once the altar, under a polyhedronic dome. Between the two naves, originally thought to separate boys and girls, are found the entrance of the venue and the former choir, which nowadays is where we find the technicians control.
The José Luis Alonso Hall is named after one of the greatest Spanish stage directors. It is located in the former Assembly Hall of the School of La Sagrada Familia. The hall is rectangular, does not feature a raised stage and is equipped with retractable seating.
Teatro de La Abadía rents out its halls for the staging of presentations that are linked to its habitual activities.


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This is distinct from a palace, which is not fortified; from a fortress, which was not always a residence for nobility; and from a fortified settlement, which was a public defense - though there are many similarities among these types of construction.
The use of the term has varied over time and has been applied to various structures such as forts and country houses. During the years in which about 900 castles were built, they brought about a large number of forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain walls and slits, were the order of the day.
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A third person has died from COVID-19 at the North West Regional Hospital, which brings the state's fatality rate to four. Health Minister Sarah Courtney confirmed the death on Friday. "I send my sincere condolences to his family and his friends," she said. Coronavirus: All the latest updates on COVID-19 for Tasmania "This just strengthens my resolve as the Minister for Health in our response to coronavirus." The death follows the confirmation of four more cases at the NWRH overnight, bringing the state's total to 111. EXPANDED TESTING The growing COVID-19 outbreak at the North West Regional Hospital has triggered an "extraordinary response", including asking more than 100 staff to go into quarantine - adding to the 51 already isolating. Chief Medical Officer Professor Tony Lawler said authorities had "potentially underestimated" the number of close contacts to known cases. "Over the last 24 hours there has been a clarification and reinterpretation of what makes a close contact," he said. IN OTHER NEWS: He said the steps went 'above and beyond the guidelines', but that it would save valuable time in analysing contact tracing. "Given the difficulty in analysing ... we will simply regard any staff member who has worked in an area with staff who tested positive as close contacts," he said. "We make the decision for their own protection and peace of mind that we would quarantine that cohort." He said testing would be offered to all in quarantine, regardless of symptoms. SERVICE SHUFFLE Ms Courtney also announced a major reshuffle of North-West services, including a public takeover of the North West Private Hospital. "This decision has been made to ensure we have a consistent approach across both sites," she said. The NWP and the NWRH remain open, however this is a very dynamic situation." The emergency department will close at the Mersey Hospital on Friday night. Ambulance services east of Penguin will now take patients to Launceston.
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A third person has died from COVID-19 at the North West Regional Hospital, which brings the state's fatality rate to four.
Health Minister Sarah Courtney confirmed the death on Friday.
"I send my sincere condolences to his family and his friends," she said.
Coronavirus: All the latest updates on COVID-19 for Tasmania
"This just strengthens my resolve as the Minister for Health in our response to coronavirus."
The death follows the confirmation of four more cases at the NWRH overnight, bringing the state's total to 111.
EXPANDED TESTING
The growing COVID-19 outbreak at the North West Regional Hospital has triggered an "extraordinary response", including asking more than 100 staff to go into quarantine - adding to the 51 already isolating.
Chief Medical Officer Professor Tony Lawler said authorities had "potentially underestimated" the number of close contacts to known cases.
"Over the last 24 hours there has been a clarification and reinterpretation of what makes a close contact," he said.
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He said the steps went 'above and beyond the guidelines', but that it would save valuable time in analysing contact tracing.
"Given the difficulty in analysing ... we will simply regard any staff member who has worked in an area with staff who tested positive as close contacts," he said.
"We make the decision for their own protection and peace of mind that we would quarantine that cohort."
He said testing would be offered to all in quarantine, regardless of symptoms.
SERVICE SHUFFLE
Ms Courtney also announced a major reshuffle of North-West services, including a public takeover of the North West Private Hospital.
"This decision has been made to ensure we have a consistent approach across both sites," she said.
The NWP and the NWRH remain open, however this is a very dynamic situation."
The emergency department will close at the Mersey Hospital on Friday night.
Ambulance services east of Penguin will now take patients to Launceston.


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Breanish and Islivig in 1959
Posted on:	 1 March 2009	 Last updated on:	 2 April 2021	 Categorized in:	Crofting, Fishing, Life in Uig, Wool & Weaving Written by:	admin
Brenish and Islivig are old settlements, never cleared. In both, the sites of the original clachans can still be seen clustered around the mouths of their respective streams. The houses are now situated at the east end of the crofts, near to the road…
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From Uig, A Hebridean Parish, 1960. The photo of Breanish is by Sam Forrest, taken on land court business in 1965. More of his pictures in the gallery.
Breanish has a south-westerly aspect whilst Islivig faces north-west; in both the elevation of the crofts decreases seawards from about 125 ft in the east to 50-25 ft in the west. Only on croft in Islivig, and the eight most southerly crofts in Breanish, run to the sea – the rest obtain some shelter from a line of low hills about 300 yards wide and rising to a little over 100 ft, which forms their western boundary. In Breanish and Islivig the soils are mainly peaty, becoming wetter in the west. Where visible the subsoil is gravel or stony boulder clay. There are no trees or shrubs and vegetation consists of marshy grass moors in the Mealista area with a considerable amount of cotton grass bog further north.
Breanish and Islivig are old settlements, never cleared. In both, the sites of the original clachans can still be seen clustered around the mouths of their respective streams. The houses are now situated at the east end of the crofts, near to the road. To the south, Mealista – cleared in the 1840s to make a sheep farm – was divided in 1921 to give enlargements to the common grazings of both Brenish and Mangersta. The arable land was divided into 29 shares as enlargements to Brenish crofts, and is held in a modified form of runrig.
Breanish, at the end of the tarred road which also serves Islivig, is 40 miles from Stornoway. on the thrice weekly bus the return fare to Stornoway was £1, and fright cost half-a-crown for a hundredweight, but because of competition from privately owned vans the bus service ceased in 1960. General merchandise, fish and meat are supplied by weekly vans; there are no shops. There is a post office at Islivig; banking facilities are supplied by a mobile bank.
There are now no thatched houses inhabited in the townships and most houses have kitchen and other extensions added. Some crofters have built concrete two-story byres of modern design. In Breanish, where the hills to the east provide a good catchment area and the Brenish river a good source of supply, all the crofts have their own private piped water supplies, while in Islivig and Mangersta most crofts now have, or are getting, a water supply. All croft houses are supplied with electricity from the grid.
Commercial fishing has long ceased and as there are only three boats, there is now very little fishing for domestic use, the principle use of the boats being to ferry sheep to the off-shore islands. Weaving is an important occupation. There are seventeen weavers [in the Upper End] – nine in Breanish, two in Islivig and six in Mangersta, and during 1959 they were kept busy; in 1958, however, few orders were received. Weaving cannot be said to bring in a steady income here, and some of the weavers, and others, find additional employment outside the township. This includes four men at the hydro-electric scheme at Gisla, three at Mangersta Ministry of Civil Aviation station, three at Aird Uig RAF station and at least one in the Glen Valtos quarries. In addition, one man owns a tractor which he hires out and one, owning a lorry and van, does haulage work. Altogether, out of a total of 27 men under the age of 65 who do work, all but three (one just out of school and one a semi-invalid) have other employment in addition to their crofts.
The total population for the three townships (Breanish, Islivig and Mangersta) is 121 residents, and 14 permanently away from home. Of the residents, 28 are children, 47 are in the 15-45 age group, 15 are in the 45-65 age group and 31 are over 65. The relatively young population may help to account, together with the better soils, for this area giving an impression of a fairly prosperous crofting district compared with some of the others in Uig.
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wow i would love to live in a little township like this with our own society absolutely amazing. Also i would like to say i love the quote from frederick douglass at the top.
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The highest rainfall of 70 mm was reported from Warakapola while Colombo and Kandy received rainfall of 33.5 mm and 2.6 mm respectively during the past 24 hours, the Meteorology Department said today.
Duty Meteorologist official said the rainy weather experienced in several parts of the country would decrease by tomorrow.
However, the Department predicted that thundershowers would occur at times in the Western province and in the Kegalle district while several spells of showers could be expected in the Northwestern and Southern provinces and in the Rathnapura district as well.
Thundershowers could also be developed at a few other places in the Eastern, Uva and Central provinces after 4.00 pm, the Met Department predicted.
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I stopped work at my site due to bad weather. Going by the met department report, can resume work by tomorrow?please advice.


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Q: Help with pyHook error I'm trying to make a global hotkey with pyhook in python that is supposed to work only with the alt key pressed.
here is the source:
import pyHook
import pythoncom

hm = pyHook.HookManager()

def OnKeyboardEvent(event):
    if event.Alt == 32 and event.KeyID == 49:
        print 'HERE WILL BE THE CODE'

hm.KeyDown = OnKeyboardEvent
hm.HookKeyboard()
pythoncom.PumpMessages()

but when I execute, only works with the second press of the second key (number 1 = 49)... and give this error:
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How can I solve it? For work at the first pressed time.

A: Note from the tutorial that you need a return value at the end of your handler:
def OnKeyboardEvent(event):
    if event.Alt == 32 and event.KeyID == 49:
        print 'HERE WILL BE THE CODE'

    # return True to pass the event to other handlers
    return True

I agree it's ambiguous from the docs whether that's required, but you do need to return True or False (or possibly any integer value), with any "false" value (e.g. 0) blocking the event such that no subsequent handlers get it.  (This lets you swallow certain keystrokes conditionally, as in the Event Filtering section of the tutorial.)
(This wasn't as easy to figure out as it might look! :-) )

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Q: Publish Android aar to artifactory I'm stuck with integrating artifactory 3.0.1 plugin with Gradle. I'm using Android Studio 1.0 so I'm guessing that I'm on Gradle 2.0. Any examples on publishing to artifactory using the 3.0.1 plugin would be highly helpful.
Thanks in advance

A: Publishing to Artifactory is just a configuration task. You just need to configure two plugins, com.jfrog.artifactory and maven-publish, and run artifactoryPublish Gradle's task. But... let's explain it by code, to ease copypasting :·)
At your library's build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
apply plugin: 'maven-publish'

publishing {
    publications {
        aar(MavenPublication) {
            groupId 'com.fewlaps.something' //put here your groupId
            artifactId 'productname' //put here your artifactId
            version '7.42.0' //put here your library version

            // Tell maven to prepare the generated "*.aar" file for publishing
            artifact("$buildDir/outputs/aar/${project.getName()}-release.aar")
        }
    }
}

artifactory {
    contextUrl = 'https://your-artifactory-host.com/artifactory'
    publish {
        repository {
            repoKey = "libs-release-local"
            username = "username"
            password = "password"
        }
        defaults {
            // Tell the Artifactory Plugin which artifacts should be published to Artifactory.
            publications('aar')
        }
    }
}

And then, run ./gradlew artifactoryPublish
In addition, if you want to upload the artifact everytime you push a tag to GitHub, add this code to your .travis.yml

deploy:
  - provider: script
    script: ./gradlew artifactoryPublish
    skip_cleanup: true
    on:
      tags: true

If it doesn't launch a build for the tag when you push a tag to GitHub, check that you're building vX.X.X tags on Travis:

# Build only master and "vX.X.X" tags to prevent flooding Travis machines
branches:
  only:
    - master
    - /^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/

A: JFrog publishes a fully functional example of publishing aar to Artifactory. Here you go. Select the version of plugin you work with and look for aar example.


We had an invigorating guided walk on the Kingsland Landfill today. Highlights included a Light-morph Rough-legged Hawk and spectacular views of the Meadowlands.
A nice write-up about today's walk is on the front page of The New York Times' sports section this morning. Bottom line, according to The Times: It sure beats watching the Jets or Giants.
Scroll down for more information on the walk. Link to The Times story is here.


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Unions hail Tata Steel's Long Products move
December 07, 2021 - Updated 02:33 am IST | London, May 28
Creation of a subsidiary to transfer employees
By Vidya Ram
Unions have welcomed Tata Steel's progress in creating a new standalone long products division.
Tata Steel this week notified employees of whether or not they would be transferred from the Long Products Europe to Long Products UK Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, proposals for which were announced earlier this year, the union Community said in a statement, welcoming the news.
Creating the subsidiary was one of the recommendations of a report by Syndex, financial and business consultants commissioned by the unions to look at alternatives to the sale of the long products division to the Swiss-based Klesch Group.
Tata Steel announced due-diligence on the potential sale of the division in October last year, as part of a strategy to focus on strip steel, and create a "competitive" base.
The Syndex report listed the creation of a standalone business as one option and in March Tata Steel and the unions agreed to explore the creation of the subsidiary.
"This move is aimed at creating a more flexible and independent framework for the business to operate in and for strategic options to be progressed, including those contained in the report drawn up by the unions' consultants, Syndex, which the company gave serious consideration to," Tata Steel said in a statement on Thursday.
"Since then, the company has entered into a consultation process about the proposed transfer with affected employees and their union representatives."
While Tata Steel's discussions with Klesch continue, unions welcomed the steel giant's decision to adopt the recommendation.
A spokesperson for Community union said the creation of the subsidiary would help create a smaller, more sustainable business.
"It creates more opportunities for the new company to access investment, and potential statutory funding for capital expenditure around environmental issues, which Tata is too big for. It's about creating a business small enough to have more opportunities to apply for government funds."
"We will be supporting our members through the transfer process and working with the new company to give it every chance of success at creating a sustainable business within Tata Steel for the long term," Community General Secretary Roy Rickhuss said in a statement.
Employees will remain members of the British Steel Pension Scheme.
Members of the four unions representing Tata Steel's UK employees, including Community, are currently being balloted for industrial action, over Tata Steel proposals to close the defined benefit pension scheme, and move members to a defined contribution scheme.
The current pension scheme has a deficit in the region of £2 billion, as a result of employees living longer, and a tepid financial market.
Three of the unions will declare their results on Friday, with a fourth union, announcing its results in early June.
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The purpose of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Foundation (AHVMF) is to support research and education in integrative holistic veterinary medicine. Education is supported both through scholarships for veterinary students and by funding integrative veterinary programs in veterinary schools. Scholarships are supported by an annual Silent Auction at the annual conference of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association. Other items are supported by public and corporate donations.
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A number of funded projects are investigating the use of integrative veterinary medicine for cancer, especially for lymphoma, the most common cancer type in dogs.
The University of Florida integrative veterinary department is conducting a study to determine whether acupuncture and a Chinese herbal formula can help quality of life, and prolong survival time in dogs with lymphoma. The University's oncology department is conducting the study in conjunction with a board-certified veterinarian in private practice in Texas. AHVMF especially likes this approach, combining both an oncology department and the integrative medicine department, and a private practice as well as a university.
A board-certified oncologist in Southern California, through his cancer center, is looking at using the Banerji Protocol (a homeopathic protocol that is highly successful in India) for osteosarcoma in dogs. It has provisional approval from the NIH, but they want to see an animal study before they will approve it for a clinical study in humans.
A private practitioner in Northern California is investigating the use of Nagalase as a cancer marker in dogs. There is no reliable cancer marker that is approved by board-certified veterinary oncologists. In human medicine, cancer markers are used to help confirm an early diagnosis of cancer, and to verify that a treatment is working, or that a patient has come out of remission. A reliable marker for animals could save time and money by identifying cancer early, when treatment of all kinds is beneficial, by verifying that a treatment is working (especially useful to help prove the benefit of natural treatments) and by stopping ineffective treatments early, saving time and money and decreasing the time an animal might be exposed to toxic effects. Nagalase is almost a universal cancer marker for humans and if it is the same for dogs, its use could change the way cancer treatments are evaluated and applied.
The AHVMF has contributed to the Rabies Challenge Fund. This fund was established to support research to prove that rabies vaccines last at least 7 years in dogs. When completed, this will provide research support for increasing the time between rabies vaccinations in dogs, which will help ameliorate vaccine-related reactions such as autoimmune disease.
Kidney disease is one of the top killers of old cats. Kansas State University is investigating the ability of an extract of fatty tissue to help repair or restore some function in failing kidneys in cats. This can help them live longer, more normal lives.
This research is being carried on by board-certified veterinary dentists, the Pet Dental Institute, and a veterinary school. The recent passage by AVMA of their recommendations for veterinary dentistry states that all dentistry, including teeth cleaning, should be done under anesthesia and claims that nonanesthetic cleaning will never allow subgingival results the same as that done by board certified dentists using anesthesia. Thousands of pet owners prefer nonanesthetic cleaning, whenever possible. Preliminary results in the blinded study are showing results that are the same for properly trained technicians using no anesthesia as they are for veterinary dentists using anesthesia.
Western University, in conjunction with a private equine practitioner, is studying the ability of acupuncture to help horses with chronic laminitis. Acute laminitis, when treated early, can usually be helped, with the horse returning to normal activities. The longer that chronic laminitis lasts, the worse the prognosis for the affected horse. Acupuncture is often effective in chronic inflammation of many types, and it may be helpful in returning afflicted horses to useful lives again, avoiding euthanasia. This project will help determine whether this approach will work.
Oregon State University is studying the effect of cold laser therapy on equine tendon fibroblasts, which help tendons heal. Although cold laser therapy is used for this and many other problems, its effects are not well-understood and there are veterinarians who still deny its validity for such use. By affirming the ability of cold laser therapy to increase the healing ability of tendons, this can also support other uses for cold laser therapy to stimulate healing.
The AHVMF has surveyed donors and found that the big 3 areas of concern are cancer, geriatric medicine in general, and nutritional research including raw food studies. We are currently in the process of seeking more funding for all 3 areas, and will feature them prominently in fund drives. Surveys will be taken annually and future funds will be allocated according to survey results. We will continue to seek donors with special interest in integrative medicine and match them with universities or veterinarians who can use their money in the way in which are satisfactory to both.


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Q: Store multiple ID's in the same column? Is it possible to store an array of ID's within a table column which reference ID's from another table so that I can do a select query and determine whether a specific ID is within that column?
Example scenario below.
I have 3 tables like this:
Table: tab_groups with Columns: id, name
Table: tab_users with Columns: id, name, groups
Table: tab_forums with Columns: id, title, req_groups

A user can belong to multiple groups, the ID's of the groups that they belong to are stored in the groups column.
A forum can have multiple required groups specified, which the ID's of are stored in req_groups. A user must belong to at least 1 group which matches with at least 1 required group in order to view the forum.
How should I store the groups and req_groups columns so that I can later do a SELECT query to check whether a user belongs to a group which matches with a group ID required to view the forum?
Also how would I update those columns to include new ID's or remove old ones?
Currently I just have a pretty inefficient method which involves storing them as a string with a separator (like 1,2,3,4), then splitting them in PHP and doing a comparison check in a loop.
For updating I just check whether a value exists, and add it onto the string.


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Dr. Atanassova-Lineva is just one of many clinicians who provide care at NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health centers located throughout the five boroughs. These community-based centers represent an important part of the health system's outpatient services and offer a range of services from adult medicine to pediatrics at convenient locations in many underserved neighborhoods.
For Williams, Gotham Health became the choice for care for both of her kids. Her youngest child, 7-month-old Klynn Rose, suffers from allergies to cow-produced milk, making it difficult for the baby to digest formula.
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package nfnetlink

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/binary"
	"encoding/hex"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"syscall"
)

// NLAttr represents a single netlink attribute.
type NLAttr struct {
	Type uint16
	Data []byte
}

// nlaAlignOf returns attrlen aligned to a 4 byte boundary
func nlaAlignOf(attrlen int) int {
	return (attrlen + syscall.NLA_ALIGNTO - 1) & ^(syscall.NLA_ALIGNTO - 1)
}

// NewAttrFromFields creates and returns a new NLAttr instance by serializing the provided
// fields into a slice of bytes which is stored as the Data element of the attribute.
func NewAttrFromFields(atype uint16, fields ...interface{}) (*NLAttr, error) {
	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
	for _, f := range fields {
		if err := binary.Write(b, binary.BigEndian, f); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
	}
	return NewAttr(atype, b.Bytes()), nil
}

// NewAttr creates and returns a new NLAttr instance from the provided type and data payload
func NewAttr(atype uint16, data []byte) *NLAttr {
	return &NLAttr{
		Type: atype,
		Data: data,
	}
}

func (a *NLAttr) String() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("(%d %s)", a.Type, hex.EncodeToString(a.Data))
}

// ParseAttr reads a serialized attribute from r and parses it into an NLAttr instance.
func ParseAttr(r *bytes.Reader) (*NLAttr, error) {
	attr := &NLAttr{}
	if err := attr.parse(r); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return attr, nil
}

// parse reads a serialized attribute from r and parses it into this NLAttr instance.
func (a *NLAttr) parse(r *bytes.Reader) error {
	if r.Len() < syscall.NLA_HDRLEN {
		return errors.New("Truncated attribute")
	}
	var alen uint16
	binary.Read(r, native, &alen)
	binary.Read(r, native, &a.Type)

	if alen < syscall.NLA_HDRLEN || int(alen-syscall.NLA_HDRLEN) > r.Len() {
		return errors.New("Truncated attribute")
	}
	alen -= syscall.NLA_HDRLEN
	if alen == 0 {
		a.Data = nil
		return nil
	}

	a.Data = make([]byte, alen)
	r.Read(a.Data)
	padlen := nlaAlignOf(int(alen)) - int(alen)
	for i := 0; i < padlen; i++ {
		r.ReadByte()
	}
	return nil
}

// Size returns the size in bytes of this attribute when serialized
func (a *NLAttr) Size() int {
	return syscall.NLA_HDRLEN + nlaAlignOf(len(a.Data))
}

// serialize the attribute and return the raw bytes
func (a *NLAttr) serialize() []byte {
	bs := new(bytes.Buffer)
	a.WriteTo(bs)
	return bs.Bytes()
}

// WriteTo serializes the attribute instance into the provided bytes.Buffer
func (a *NLAttr) WriteTo(b *bytes.Buffer) {
	alen := syscall.NLA_HDRLEN + len(a.Data)
	binary.Write(b, native, uint16(alen))
	binary.Write(b, native, a.Type)
	b.Write(a.Data)
	a.writePadding(b)
}

// ReadFields parses the attribute data into the provided array of
// fields using binary.Read() to parse each individual field.
func (a *NLAttr) ReadFields(fields ...interface{}) error {
	r := bytes.NewReader(a.Data)
	for _, f := range fields {
		if err := binary.Read(r, binary.BigEndian, f); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}
	return nil
}

// writePadding is called while serializing the attribute instance to write
// an appropriate number of '0' bytes to the buffer b so that the length of
// data in the buffer is 4 byte aligned
func (a *NLAttr) writePadding(b *bytes.Buffer) {
	padlen := a.Size() - (syscall.NLA_HDRLEN + len(a.Data))
	for i := 0; i < padlen; i++ {
		b.WriteByte(0)
	}
}


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It can be somewhat challenging for us as pet owners to find groomers we can trust to give our furry friends the best overall experience. We all hope for gentle service when it comes to our pets, but we also want them primped and pampered thoroughly. Here are a couple of celeb-checked grooming service providers where stars gave their own stars.
1. Better Dog Salon, Makati (at their Canine Behavior Center) For all you Dog Whisperer show fans out there, this is the place in the metro where good dogs rule the pack, and "bad" dogs find better ways to behave. The obedience school also helped train Kathryn Bernardo's golden retriever, Cloud, a few years back. Her dog's teacher then was Jojo Isorena.
The obedience school also has its own salon, a number of well-satisfied Better Dog clients have already posted their post-grooming dawg-swag online.
2. Posh Paws MNL Mobile Pet Salon (Pet grooming that comes to you...) For Paolo and Sam Valenciano their love for their ewok-ish Shih-Tzu, Trooper knows no pet-lover bounds. They're highly particular about how and where he's groomed. Once in a while, Posh Paws has come to the rescue, understandably there are days where the couple simply can't leave home because they have a doting baby girl who's quite the influencer herself, Nataleia Martine.
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Home Jeffrey Marshall
Jeffrey Marshall
Jeff Marshall
by Robyn McCloskey
Jeffrey Marshall, president of the Heritage Conservancy of Bucks County loves going to work every day. He has worked for the Conservancy for 34 years and has been president for the past year and a half. He started working for the Conservancy all those years ago when his mother saw that Upper Makefield Township was looking for someone to work part-time as a documenter of old homes. Knowing this was right up her son's alley, having graduated from Penn State with a major in Early American History, she passed along the information. Jeff applied for the job and the rest, as they say, is history, no pun intended.
Although Jeffrey was born in Brooklyn, NY, while still a young boy, his father's stint in the Navy brought the family to Bucks County in order for his dad to work at the old Philadelphia Naval Yard. The Marshall family put down roots in Levittown. Along the way Jeff has lived in Doylestown and currently lives in Newtown on a farm with his beloved wife Becky. Jeff first met Becky over 30 years ago while having lunch at Bucks County Community College. He was not a student at the school, but as he recounts, "There weren't too many places to eat-out back then in Newtown." So he often found himself eating at the BCCC cafeteria. It was there that he met his future wife, who was an actual student at the school. They soon married and now have two grown children, son David, a political activist and daughter Amanda who works at a boutique in Doylestown and shares her parent's passion for the family farm as well as their horses.
Jeff credits having grown up in Levittown for his love of land, nature and history; he wistfully speaks of his childhood and how he whiled away countless hours along the creek by his house.
To finish reading this article, turn to page 34 in the Summer 2013 issue of Bucks County Magazine.